The Iridescents

Emrys Donaldson

When we reach out to her, she clasps one of our hands in both of her own. We feel the impression of her fingers on ours long after she has turned away.

[He keeps handing me cacti]

Thomas Hobohm

He was gentle and quiet until my hands filled up, then he made me his pushpin...

The Chinese Man and the Desert

Christine Kwon

Idioms were a topic of conversation but not the reason people spent money on the app. The people on the app were lonely. Twenty dollars an hour was not bad for a cure.

Woodland Wisdom Tooth

Benjamin Niespodziany

An ancient bird broke away from the brigade and snuck in / to watch a film on trees.

I Asked Pain Its Address,

Ashish Kumar Singh

Here, the pain says and points to my leg like a child unsure of where the Arctic might be on a map.

For Sentimentality

Sneha Subramanian Kanta

On a June night when the south-westerly monsoon winds bring drizzles to Mahrashtra, my father asks if we must call my grandfather. I immediately agree.

Time and Tides

Ojo Victoria